Yea if you take into account college it's no question. He is the GOAT in basketball, but he's not the GOAT in the NBA. If you only looked at his accomplishments as an NBA player, it'd be hard to put him over MJ.

Yea if you take into account college it's no question. He is the GOAT in basketball, but he's not the GOAT in the NBA. If you only looked at his accomplishments as an NBA player, it'd be hard to put him over MJ.

-Smak

Yeah, Russell and Kareem are definitely #1 and #2 in some order if you include college.

Kareem is the only player who was a GOAT candidate at every level he played. Wilt, Magic, Jordan and Bird are only for the NBA, Russell (the closest one) wasn't a HS legend, Oscar falls a little behind in the NBA sector. So, if you put some weight at every level they played (say, 10% H.S, 20% College, 70% pros), he may have the most distinguished career.